Engineering Team Leader - Electrified Drivetrain

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Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar youre joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do but also about each other. We are the makers problem solvers and future world builders who are creating stronger more sustainable communities. We dont just talk about progress and innovation here we make it happen with our customers where we work and live. Together we are building a better world so we can all enjoy living in it.

Caterpillars Electrification & Energy Solutions (E&ES) Division will focus on delivering advanced electrified power train zero-emissions products/technologies and the solutions and services associated with these technologies. Focus areas include batteries fuel cells motors inverters micro grid controllers charging energy storage systems lifecycle solutions/services and integration of components for ePowertrain solutions across industries.

As an Engineering Team Leader for the ePT Component you will be joining an innovative team on the cutting edge of electrification. You will have the unique opportunity to direct and lead the ePT component design projects lead the concept development and design of ePT components. The ePT team is part of the Integrated Drivetrain organization and is responsible for end-to-end design and development of ePT component for multiple Caterpillar applications.

You will partner with other members of the design team as well as provide project guidance to global team members. You will be responsible for the execution and coordination of the design efforts necessary for the successful design and development of low and medium voltage power electronic and motor components. You will have the opportunity to work with and learn from a highly experienced team of engineers who have significant experience across Caterpillar electric drive and stationary power conversion applications.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop project scope to address business challenges and opportunities.
• Coordinating resources across product development groups value chain.
• Overseeing project progress and costs; communicating status with stakeholders and participating functional areas; addressing and resolving problems.
• Directing project staffing; motivating and developing project team and team members.
• Work with the machine business division and drivetrain system engineering groups to establish the application requirements for power electronics components/systems
• Identify and work with other Caterpillar SMEs on aspects of the design in which team does not have the expertise to complete on their own
• Stay up to date with the latest advances in power electronics technologies and solutions
• Perform complete requirements generation component design simulation validation and production development for new power inverters and converters.

Degree Requirement:

• Bachelors degree in Electronics or Electrical or equivalent engineering stream.

Technical Excellence: Extensive design and product development knowledge for components systems automotive or mobile drive applications

Level Extensive Experience:

Experience with electric drive systems is a plus

Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.

Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.

Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.

Coaches others in promoting defining analyzing and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.

Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence effectively examining implications of events and issues.

Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.

Influencing Through Expertise: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to use these to deepen own expertise and impact or challenge decisions within and outside own organization.

Level Working Knowledge:

Acquires expertise through training and practical experience in the relevant field.

Analyzes the needs desires and motivations of the other party to effectively understand a given scenario.

Identifies who the decision makers are and how they receive information.

Provides evidentiary support while giving opinions or recommendations to influence decision-making.

Conducts tasks in such a way as to build a strong reputation and credibility as an expert in the field.

Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan organize monitor and control projects ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.

Level Extensive Experience:

Utilizes preferred tools techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time.

Plans estimates staffs organizes and monitors significant projects.

Identifies risks and vulnerabilities; creates contingency plans.

Conducts regular and ad-hoc project reviews with project team sponsors and clients.

Maintains open communication among project participants and interested parties.

Communicates reporting requirements; creates monitoring and control mechanisms.

Team Management: Knowledge of effective team building techniques; ability to form and manage effective teams.

Level Working Knowledge:

Facilitates discussion of team goals roles needs and responsibilities.

Participates in defining the ground rules for individual and team responsibilities.

Manages a team to the successful completion of a project or task.

Recognizes the contribution of each and every team member publicly.

Leads team meetings to review progress and performance ensuring follow-up on previous decisions.

Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools methods and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.

Level Extensive Experience:

Plays an active or leading role in recording and storing requirement documents in various forms.

Ensures the successful completion of all major activities tasks and deliverables pertaining to the requirement analysis stage.

Supervises the advanced use of requirements analysis tools and services including prototyping and use cases.

Produces detailed functional and information requirements models and documentation.

Trains others on requirements walkthroughs and quality reviews.

Utilizes automated diagramming tools to ensure traceability of requirements.

Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches tools and techniques; ability to anticipate detect and resolve technical problems in a product development environment.

Level Extensive Experience:

Evaluates business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution.

Resolves difficult or high-impact equipment and systems problems.

Monitors machine performance and history; addresses excessive maintenance or repair needs.

Coaches others how to resolve integration or communications problems in multi-vendor environment.

Applies specific techniques for isolating a problem and defining resolution approach.

Uses advanced diagnostic techniques and tools for unusual or performance-related problems.

Product Design and Development: Knowledge of product features; ability to design build and develop a new product technology or service from concept through to production.

Level Extensive Experience:

Develops organizational standards and processes in order to maximize complex product services efficiency and effectiveness.

Creates and introduces new techniques that expedite or simplify the development process.

Supervises the management of multiple and diverse types of products or services.

Develops proof-of-concept exercises to prove or disprove validity of proposed products.

Advises on the appropriate solutions to complex product design and development problems.

Designs working prototypes of a variety of proposed products or services.

Additional Information: This position required 5days working at office.

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